Feb. 15, 1944: On passage from Naples to Salerno carrying supplies, the
ship was sunk by the German submarine U-410.

FORT

ST.PAUL

Type:

North Sands type

Registry No.

168484

Tonnage:

7,137grt

Dimensions:

441.6 x 57.2

Builders:

Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel

Delivery Date:

December, 1942

Owners;Managers:

D.O.C.; Maclay & Mcintyre Ltd., Glasgow FOR M.O.W.T.

Post war History:

1951: Champlain Freighters Ltd., Montreal, renamed TARSIAN;

1956: Greek owners, renamed MARIKA;

1958: Hong Kong owners, renamed LONGFORD;

1958: Chinese owners, renamed HOPING Wl SHI,

1973: Renamed ZHAN DOU 50;

Believed now broken up.

FORT

ST.REGIS

Type:

North Sands

Registry No.

169594

Tonnage:

7,140grt

Dimensions:

441.6 x 57.2

Builders:

Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel

Delivery Date:

June, 1943

Owners;Managers:

D.O.C.; Dodd, Thomson & Co., London for M.O.W.T.

Post war History:

1948: Vancouver Oriental Lines, Vancouver, renamed YALE COUNTY;

1950: Counties Ship Management Co., London, renamed SUDBURY HILL;

Broken up Kaohsiung 1967.

FORT

SAKISDAC

Type:

Victory

Tonnage:

7,160grt

Dimensions:

441.5 x 57.2

Builders:

Burrard Dry Dock Co., North Vancouver

Delivery Date:

October, 1943

Owners;Managers:

D.O.C.; Hain S.S. Co., London for M.O.W.T.

Post war History:

1946: March Shipping Agency Ltd., Montreal, renamed MARCHCAPE;

1949: Panama owners, renamed MARGO;

1959: Panama owners, renamed TOULA N;

Broken up Hong Kong 1963.

FORT

SALEESH

Type:

Victory

Tonnage:

7,168grt

Dimensions:

441.5 x 57.2

Builders:

North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd., North Vancouver

Delivery Date:

November, 1943

Owners;Managers:

D.O.C.; Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co., Cardiff for M.O.W.T.

Post war History:

1946: Constantine Line, Montreal, renamed ARGOMONT;

1949: Panama owners, renamed CORFU ISLAND;

Dec. 20, 1963: On passage from Wismar to the east coast of Canada, she
went aground near Grindstone Light, Magdalene Islands, in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, following engine trouble. Due to the weather and ice conditions,
the ship was abandoned, a total loss.

FORT

SANDUSKY:
launched as FORT SANDUSKY and completed by North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd.,
North Vancouver, in December, 1943, as KITSILAND PARK.

FORT

SANDUSKY

Type:

Canadian

Tonnage:

7,375grt

Dimensions:

441.5 x 57.2

Builders:

United Shipyards Ltd., Montreal

Delivery Date:

August, 1945

Owners;Managers:

D.O.C.; Ellerman Lines under Admiralty control

Notes:

Completed as stores issuing ship for fleet train service and was used a an
ammunition carrier.

Apr. 14, 1944: The ship was at Bombay when a fire broke out in a hold.
The ship was carrying bales of cotton, 1,400 tons of explosive ordnance
and 1mn. of gold bars. The flames reached the cargo and there were two
huge explosions, 20 minutes apart. Warehouses, offices, sheds and ships
were destroyed in the blasts and the western part of the city was set
alight. It has never been established how many people died, but the known
toll runs into thousands. Among the 12 ships lost in the explosions was
the Fort Crevier.

FORT

STURGEON

Type:

North Sands

Tonnage:

7,172grt

Dimensions:

441.5 x 57.2

Builders:

Victoria Machinery Depot Co., Victoria

Delivery Date:

May, 1943

Owners;Managers:

D.O.C.; Walter Runciman & Co., Newcastle for M.O.W.T.

Post war History:

1950: Counties Ship Management Co., London, renamed EAST HILL;

1957: Panama owners, renamed RIO ALTO;

1965: Cyprus owners, renamed AKTOR;

May 31, 1966: Bound from Cuba to China, the ship was abandoned after
developing leaks some 800 miles south-west of San Diego, and she sank the
following day.

This was the only vessel in
the fleet that remained with the same management or ownership.
Nicknamed 'Vile Mary' within Brocklebank organization. Fort Ville
Marie and Fort St James were the only ships to be bought outright on
completion.